http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/sexual-health/index.htmlSexual Healthen-caCopyright (c) Postmedia Network Inc.Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:38:53 ZLISTCANWSNSNUTF81796979InformTagsOnlyhealthHealth - Sexual Healthhealth/sexual-health/Health - Sexual Health/story.htmlsexual health(c) Postmedia Network Inc.tag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12492164http://news.nationalpost.com/health/pubic-grooming-stiGrooming 'down-there' hair linked to higher risk of sexually transmitted infectionsThe authors defined extreme grooming as 'removal of all pubic hair more than 11 times per year'Health - Sexual HealthWed, 07 Dec 2016 19:04:06 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12485594http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/thought+made+peace+with+having+child+then+fell+love+finally/12485594/story.htmlI thought I’d made peace with not having a child. Then I fell in love at 47. At 54, it finally hit me: it’s too late'I've always had a complicated relationship with my fertility. When I got my period&#8230; I wanted nothing to do with its responsibilities,' Lindsey Crittenden writesHealth - Sexual HealthTue, 06 Dec 2016 21:11:28 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12484438http://news.nationalpost.com/health/infertile-cancer-drug-can-hlp-grow-new-eggs'Astonishing' hope for infertile women after cancer drug found to make ovaries produce new eggsAlthough the eggs are in an immature state, the scientists are trying to discover how they were created, then work out a way to bring them to maturityHealth - Sexual HealthTue, 06 Dec 2016 14:23:34 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12429900http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/woman+conceive+child+with+dead+husband+after+judge+grants/12429900/story.htmlB.C. woman can conceive child with her dead husband after judge grants her access to his frozen spermShortly before her husband died, a B.C. woman promised him she would use his stored sperm to have their baby. But the fertility clinic wouldn't release the spermHealth - Sexual HealthFri, 25 Nov 2016 14:48:05 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12399609http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/feel+like+doctors+seeing+increase+preschoolers+convinced+they/12399609/story.html‘I feel like a boy, mom:’ Doctors seeing an increase in preschoolers convinced they are in the wrong bodyPhysicians, ethicists wrestle with how old a child should be to understand their gender identity, and when is too young for transitioningHealth - Sexual HealthFri, 18 Nov 2016 15:47:07 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12279002http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/canadian+pediatricians+objection+circumcising+babies+odds+with/12279002/story.htmlCanadian pediatricians’ objection to circumcising babies ‘at odds with the evidence,’ new study arguesThe study's author, Brian Morris, compared those who doubt circumcision's benefits to the anti-vaccination movementHealth - Sexual HealthMon, 17 Oct 2016 15:47:26 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12257931http://www.montrealgazette.com/boys+born+through+common+type+might+able+naturally+have+children/12257931/story.htmlBoys born through common type of IVF might not be able to naturally have children of their own: studyExperts were concerned at the time that baby boys born from this technique would also inherit their father's infertilityHealth - Sexual HealthThu, 06 Oct 2016 17:49:32 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12214531http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/asexuality+needs+recognized+unique+sexual+orientation+canadian/12214531/story.htmlRecognize asexuality as its own, unique sexual orientation, experts urgeResearchers say it would validate the experience of asexuals &#8212; people who never feeling sexually attracted, to anyone &#8212; and challenge assumptions about human sexualityHealth - Sexual HealthMon, 26 Sep 2016 15:46:20 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12198196http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/deadly+record+inside+saskatchewan+crisis/12198196/story.htmlDeadly Record: Inside Saskatchewan's HIV crisisThe number of cases are climbing and First Nations people are being hit hardestHealth - Sexual HealthFri, 16 Sep 2016 14:49:26 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12111679http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/researchers+tackle+burning+question+different+when+high+when/12111679/story.htmlHow is sex different when you’re high vs. when you’re drunk?Drunk sex often leads to regret. Stoned sex typically doesn'tHealth - Sexual HealthTue, 09 Aug 2016 14:50:38 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12098613http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/court+rules+health+service+fund+prevention+drug/12098613/story.htmlUK court rules health service can fund HIV prevention drugBritain's state-funded health service is responsible for paying for an HIV-prevention drug that has been called a "game changer" in the fight against AIDS, a court ruledHealth - Sexual HealthTue, 02 Aug 2016 15:59:51 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12098464http://news.nationalpost.com/health/new-theory-uses-rabbits-camels-and-early-mammals-to-explain-an-evolutionary-mystery-female-orgasm?__lsa=c49d-7f02Scientists looking at bunnies think they have solved the mystery of the female orgasmFor biologists, few phenomena are as enigmatic as the female orgasm. One study is taking a vastly different approach in trying to figure it outHealth - Sexual HealthTue, 02 Aug 2016 15:27:22 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12096468http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/mount+sinai+hospital+refusal+eliminate+fetus+from+twin/12096468/story.htmlMount Sinai Hospital's refusal to eliminate one fetus from twin pregnancy triggers human rights battle'We don't want to be known as the hospital that does abortions': Mount Sinai later said the 'conscience of the clinicians' at the hospital would not let them perform the procedureHealth - Sexual HealthTue, 02 Aug 2016 15:47:58 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12094730http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/switched+embryos+wrong+sperm+lead+babies+born+with+unintended/12094730/story.htmlSwitched embryos and wrong sperm: IVF mix-ups lead to babies born with ‘unintended parentage’Such calamities are rare and while the body representing Canada&#8217;s fertility industry says it is unaware of any cases here, there have been several reports of mix-ups in the U.S.Health - Sexual HealthTue, 02 Aug 2016 15:47:52 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12035431http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/vaccination+reduces+cervical+abnormalities+young+women+study/12035431/story.htmlHPV vaccination reduces cervical abnormalities in young women, study findsYoung women immunized against HPV were significantly less likely to have potentially cancerous cervical abnormalities compared to those who weren't vaccinated, a new study has found.Health - Sexual HealthTue, 05 Jul 2016 15:40:04 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=12004144http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/abortion+pill+requests+spike+zika+outbreak+countries/12004144/story.htmlAbortion pill requests spike in Zika outbreak countriesNEW YORK, N.Y. - Online requests for abortion pills spiked dramatically this year in Brazil, Ecuador and some other Latin American countries that ban abortions, an indication that women may be choosing to end pregnancies rather than risk birth defects stemming from a Zika virus outbreak.Health - Sexual HealthThu, 23 Jun 2016 14:40:06 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11980788http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/forth+multiply+research+suggests+math+could+boost+your+life/11980788/story.htmlStudy suggests math could boost your sex lifeAlmost half of the study participants in their 70s who answered questions correctly were sexually active in the recent past. The 28 per cent that struggled were not activeHealth - Sexual HealthMon, 13 Jun 2016 14:48:09 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11959655http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/teen+births+fall+again+another+drop+decades+decline/11959655/story.htmlUS teen births fall again, another drop in decades of declineTeen pregnancies fell again last year, to another historic low, a government report shows.Health - Sexual HealthThu, 02 Jun 2016 15:50:11 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11933465http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/98huge+demand+treatment+ontario+where+fully+funded+wait+lists/11933465/story.html‘Huge’ demand for IVF treatment in Ontario — where it’s fully funded — has wait lists stretching to 2018Clinic caseloads have more than doubled in some instances, as the clientele grows increasingly diverse for a service that normally costs patients up to $10,000 a shotHealth - Sexual HealthTue, 31 May 2016 15:21:53 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11922832http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/receives+penis+hour+operation+first+transplant+kind+history/11922832/story.htmlU.S. man receives new penis in 15-hour operation'Today I begin a new chapter filled with personal hope,' said Thomas Manning, 64, whose penis was amputated in 2012 during a battle with penile cancerHealth - Sexual HealthTue, 17 May 2016 13:40:06 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11901584http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/sexual-health/technology+hurts+helps+with+sexually+transmitted/11901584/story.htmlTechnology hurts and helps with sexually transmitted infectionsInstead of associating what used to be called &#8220;social diseases&#8221; with Second World War&#160;sailors on shore leave, we&#8217;re now being encouraged to think about millennials hooking up from their smartphones.Health - Sexual HealthFri, 06 May 2016 16:56:26 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11876132http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/canada+confirms+first+case+sexually+transmitted+zika+virus/11876132/story.htmlCanada confirms first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus as Ontario resident infected by partnerPatient contracted virus from a sexual partner who had travelled to a Zika-affected country, Canadian public health agency reportsHealth - Sexual HealthTue, 26 Apr 2016 18:47:02 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11820779http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/parents+pregnancy+caffeine+intake+affect+miscarriage+risk/11820779/story.htmlParents’ pre-pregnancy caffeine intake may affect miscarriage riskA study conducted by the National Institutes of Health and Ohio State University has found a worrisome link between caffeine consumption and miscarriageHealth - Sexual HealthThu, 31 Mar 2016 17:44:18 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11770830http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/sexual+transmission+zika+more+common+than+thought/11770830/story.htmlWHO: Sexual transmission of Zika more common than thoughtThe sexual transmission of the Zika virus is more common than previously thought, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, citing reports from several countries.Health - Sexual HealthTue, 08 Mar 2016 21:10:03 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11760641http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/chrissy+teigens+choice+female+embryo+resparks+selection+debate/11760641/story.htmlChrissy Teigen's choice of female embryo re-sparks sex selection debateTORONTO - American model and TV host Chrissy Teigen has faced criticism after disclosing her personal decision to hand-pick a female embryo during in-vitro fertilization.Health - Sexual HealthFri, 04 Mar 2016 15:40:04 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11738654http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/more+reports+possible+zika+spread+through/11738654/story.html14 more US reports of possible Zika spread through sex: CDCU.S. health officials are investigating more than a dozen possible Zika infections that may have been spread through sex.Health - Sexual HealthWed, 24 Feb 2016 15:10:14 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11737932http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/study+finds+antiaids+vaginal+ring+partially+protects+women/11737932/story.htmlAnti-AIDS vaginal ring partially protects women: studyIn a new approach to HIV prevention, women modestly reduced their risk of infection by inserting a vaginal ring coated with an anti-AIDS drug once a month, according to two long-awaited studies from Africa.Health - Sexual HealthTue, 23 Feb 2016 15:00:06 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11694694http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/case+sexually+transmitted+zika+confirmed+texas/11694694/story.htmlCase of sexually transmitted Zika is confirmed in TexasHealth officials say a person in Texas has become infected with the Zika virus through sex, in the first case of the illness being transmitted within the United States amid the current outbreak in Latin America.Health - Sexual HealthWed, 03 Feb 2016 20:57:32 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11636441http://news.nationalpost.com/health/german-carpenter-invents-on-off-switch-he-claims-will-allow-men-to-control-sperm-flow-from-testiclesCarpenter invents 'on-off switch' for sperm flowA German carpenter has invented a valve which he claims will revolutionize contraception, by allowing a man to turn the flow of sperm from his testicles on and off at the flick of a switchHealth - Sexual HealthThu, 07 Jan 2016 16:24:20 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11577546http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/vaccine+gardasil+safe+evidence+serious+adverse+effects+health/11577546/story.htmlHealth Canada affirms safety of HPV vaccine GardasilHealth Canada says a review of international research data suggests the HPV vaccine Gardasil can be safely used and there are no new safety risks associated with its use.Health - Sexual HealthThu, 10 Dec 2015 18:40:04 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11554413http://news.nationalpost.com/health/doctor-with-hiv-says-a-dog-saved-his-lifeDoctor with HIV says a dog saved his lifeRob Garofalo was devastated. He'd built his medical and research career on helping young AIDS patients. Then he learned that he, too, was HIV-positive.Health - Sexual HealthMon, 30 Nov 2015 14:35:15 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11541107http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/despite+advances+treating+remains+focus+criminal+laws+most/11541107/story.htmlDespite advances treating HIV, it remains the focus of criminal lawsCharlie Sheen's recent revelation that he's HIV-positive served as a reminder that his home state of California remains among a large group of states with HIV-specific criminal laws that activists consider outdated and that the U.S. Justice Department says should be revised.Health - Sexual HealthWed, 25 Nov 2015 18:50:07 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11523914http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/there+epidemic+getting+worse+with+record+million+chlamydia/11523914/story.htmlThere's an 'STD epidemic' in the U.S. -- and it's getting worseA U.S. sexually transmitted diseases epidemic is increasing and the most common infection, chlamydia, has risen to record levels, government officials sayHealth - Sexual HealthWed, 18 Nov 2015 17:06:28 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11485466http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/many+sexually+assaulted+teens+subpar+treatment+standardized/11485466/story.htmlMany sexually assaulted teens get subpar ER treatment; standardized care needed, study saysMany sexually assaulted teens seeking emergency room care don't receive recommended tests and prevention treatments for pregnancy and venereal disease, according to a new study.Health - Sexual HealthMon, 02 Nov 2015 19:50:05 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11456027http://news.nationalpost.com/health/they-were-born-identical-twin-boys-one-always-felt-he-was-a-girlThey were born identical twin boys; one always felt he was a girlJonas Maines, right, once had a twin brother, Wyatt; now he has a twin sister, Nicole.Health - Sexual HealthWed, 21 Oct 2015 14:49:17 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11449402http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/costly+often+pointless+quebec+study+says/11449402/story.htmlAt 44, IVF is costly and often pointless, Quebec study saysThe data, says a Canadian bioethicist, offer a glimpse into the true costs, and limited chance of success, of IVF in women over 40 using their own eggsHealth - Sexual HealthMon, 19 Oct 2015 15:25:41 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11443980http://news.nationalpost.com/health/body-of-a-girl-but-the-brain-of-a-boy-u-k-father-says-watching-his-daughter-disappear-was-like-bereavementFather says watching transgender son transition 'like bereavement'Ana, who now identifies as Alfie, is in the process of transitioning and is telling her story in a British television documentary.Health - Sexual HealthFri, 16 Oct 2015 18:42:52 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11440773http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/fewer+smear+tests+guidelines+less+testing+study/11440773/story.htmlFewer Pap smear tests due to guidelines led to less STI testing: studyYoung women in Ontario are being screened for sexually transmitted infections far less often since updated guidelines reduced the frequency of Pap tests for cervical cancer, a study suggests.Health - Sexual HealthFri, 16 Oct 2015 14:40:04 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11402895http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/dating+apps+spread+stis/11402895/story.htmlDo dating apps aid the spread of STIs?Across Los Angeles, there are dozens of billboards blaming the apps Tinder and Grindr for spreading sexually transmitted infections and encouraging people to get tested. Tinder would like the billboards to come down. The AIDS foundation behind the advertisements is standing its ground.Health - Sexual HealthWed, 30 Sep 2015 18:40:41 Ztag:www.montrealgazette.com:content=11362497http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/ontario+roll+program+panel+urges+those+older+than+severely/11362497/story.htmlAs Ontario set to roll out IVF program, panel urges those older than 42, severely obese be excludedIt&#8217;s soon to become the only program of its kind in Canada, and an advisory group is recommending coverage solely for patients who meet well-defined criteriaHealth - Sexual HealthTue, 15 Sep 2015 20:03:19 Z